Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) will invoke articles of impeachment against United States Secret Service (USSS) director Kimberly Cheatle following her uncooperative testimony on Monday. “In light of Kimberly Cheatle’s unacceptable handling of the [Donald] Trump assassination attempt, her disastrous appearance before the House Oversight Committee today, and her refusal to resign, we have no choice but to impeach,” Congressman Steube stated on X (formerly Twitter).
Director Cheatle faced a barrage of criticism during the hearing, with Republican lawmaker Nancy Mace (R-SC) hammering Cheatle on the agency failures that led to Donald J. Trump almost being killed by gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks.
As Cheatle attempted to dodge yes or no questions from Mace, the GOP lawmaker declared, “You’re full of shit today,” adding: “You’re just being completely dishonest.” Cheatle admitted that the USSS had failed to protect President Trump but also admitted that no agents have been fired as a result of the failure.
Cheatle’s excuses for the failure, which included a suggestion that the roof of the building used by Crooks was too sloped to station agents on, has been widely criticized. Other members of law enforcement have claimed to have warned agents of Crooks nearly half an hour prior to the shooting.
Whether or not Crooks was the only person involved in the attempted assassination remains a hotly contested subject, with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) stating Monday that she no longer believes Crooks worked alone following an Oversight briefing.
— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube) July 23, 2024
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Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) will invoke articles of impeachment against United States Secret Service (USSS) director Kimberly Cheatle following her uncooperative testimony on Monday. "In light of Kimberly Cheatle’s unacceptable handling of the [Donald] Trump assassination attempt, her disastrous appearance before the House Oversight Committee today, and her refusal to resign, we have no choice but to impeach," Congressman Steube stated on X (formerly Twitter).
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Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump evolved into a rare moment of near-bipartisan unity as lawmakers demanded United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle resign. As Cheatle‘s questioning progressed through the morning and early afternoon, committee members became increasingly alarmed by the lack of information Cheatle was willing to provide and her seeming incompetence.
Cheatle—who from 2019 to 2022 served as the global director of security for PepsiCo.—sat for nearly four and a half hours as lawmakers peppered her with questions regarding the lapses in security that resulted in a 20-year-old shooter being able to get within 200 yards of Trump and nearly assassinate him. While the hearing could have been an opportunity to assuage concerns on Capitol Hill and among the American public, Cheatle offered little transparency.
Calls for Cheatle’s resignation were nearly unanimous, although Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) stopped short of demanding she step down and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) avoided the conversation altogether.
Three exchanges between lawmakers and Cheatle best summarize the hearing overall.
CHEATLE’S EGO EXPOSED.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) engaged in one of the most aggressive pushes among the lawmakers regarding Cheatle‘s resistance to calls for her resignation from the USSS. The Flordia Democrat asked: “You said there’s going to be accountability. I understand that you don’t want to give us names. When you say that, are you telling the committee that once [the investigation] is concluded, that you’re prepared to fire the people on the ground who made poor decisions that day?”
Cheatle attempted to dodge the question, saying she was prepared to “take the actions necessary” before Moskowitz intervened and pressed again if she would fire those who failed in their duties. Again, Cheatle offered only a non-answer.
The USSS director’s lack of candor instigated a telling question from Moskowitz, who had grown frustrated with Cheatle. “Let me ask this question a different way. If Trump had been assassinated that day, if the gunman had succeeded, would you have come and tendered your resignation?” he asked.
Cheatle responded: “I would still be sitting here because I would want to ensure the integrity of the investigation.”
While Moskowitz acknowledged that it was fair that she would want to set the process in motion, he pressed again, asking if she would have acknowledged the need for new leadership at the USSS if “a president was assassinated on [her] watch.” Cheatle, as she had done throughout the hearing, refused to give a direct response.
Congressman Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., joins chorus of lawmakers calling on Secret Service director to resign.pic.twitter.com/0asS0YzfJp
Next, Cheatle struggled to give an honest answer to Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) regarding evidence and information that had been communicated to her by officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Tired of Cheatle’s non-answers, Rep. McClain told the USSS director the best way to keep her job was to answer the questions honestly and “not play this shell game.”
When pressed on when she began preparing for the hearing, Cheatle couldn’t offer a date, leaving the Michigan Republican exasperated. McClain then asked Cheatle if she’d communicated with the FBI and with whom. At first, the USSS director would not answer as to what FBI officials she was communicating with, though she eventually relented and acknowledged she had spoken with the agency’s director and deputy director.
“How many shell casings were on the roof?” Rep. McClain asked Cheatle, noting the USSS director had acknowledged that the FBI had given her an exact number despite the fact she had declined to answer in her earlier testimony. Cheatle responded: “I would refer to the FBI.”
McClain again asked how many shell casings were found on the roof where the assassin was positioned. Again, Cheatle referred the Congresswoman to the FBI—refusing to share information with the committee.
FULL VIDEO: Rep. Lisa McClain pummels US Secret Service chief Kim Cheatle.
McClain: “What are you covering up? What are you hiding, my friend?”
Cheatle: “I’m not covering anything up.”
I’ve never seen a hearing so fired up. The public demands answers and Cheatle refuses to… pic.twitter.com/xqLGHtmSMK
The final exchange with Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) was the most telling of the day. The Florida Republican questioned why the USSS had not held a single press conference informing the American public as to updates regarding the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Cheatle acknowledged that neither she nor Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had held a single press conference.
“This is how misinformation flies in the darkness. In the absence of information,” Rep. Waltz said of the lack of public transparency from the USSS. He continued: “Are you aware that national news anchors are saying this was a hoax? On national television, they’re saying, ‘No, the president wasn’t shot; it was flying glass.’ Are you aware of that?”
Cheatle responded: ” I have not heard those reports.”
“Are you aware that there are rumors rampant online that there were multiple shooters?” Waltz pressed, with Cheatle responding: “Yes.”
“Are you aware that because the shooter had overseas encrypted platforms in Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany, that a lot of people are speculating there could have been foreign involvement? Logically?” he asked Cheatle, with the USSS director admitting she was aware.
“And have you done anything to disabuse any of these notions today?” the Florida Congressman asked before answering for Cheatle: “No.”
Rep. Mike Waltz calls out the Secret Service director for failing to hold a single press conference in the nine days since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/IhzUHZdksE
Monday's House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump evolved into a rare moment of near-bipartisan unity as lawmakers demanded United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle resign. As Cheatle's questioning progressed through the morning and early afternoon, committee members became increasingly alarmed by the lack of information Cheatle was willing to provide and her seeming incompetence.
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Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) blasted United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle during Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing over the agency’s failures resulting in the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024. The South Carolina Republican opened her questioning by asking Cheatle if she would like her to use the five minutes of questioning to draft the USSS director’s resignation letter.
In a rapid-fire series of ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ questions, Mace hammered Cheatle, pressing her on whether the attempted assassination was a colossal failure. Cheatle attempted to demurely respond that “it was a failure.” However, Mace pushed back, insisting she answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No,’ with the USSS director finally relenting, “Yes.”
The heated exchange between Mace and Cheatle came to a head after the USSS director continued to give vague non-answers in an attempt to dodge the Congresswoman’s ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ enquiries.
“You’re full of shit today,” Mace bluntly told Cheatle after her patience with the USS director wore thin. The South Carolina Republican continued: “You’re just being completely dishonest.”
Additionally, Cheatle acknowledged that no one has been fired over the security lapse that nearly resulted in Trump‘s assassination.
Throughout the hearing, Cheatle refused to give direct or detailed responses to any of the questions by Members of Congress. The USSS director often hid behind the ongoing FBI investigation into the shooting—which resulted in the death of rallygoer and Trump supporter Corey Comperatore.
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Rep. @NancyMace slams Secret Service chief Kim Cheatle as “full of s**t” as she avoid answering any questions on the Service’s failure to provide Congress with any of the information it has requested. Cheatle confirms no one has been fired over the Trump assassination attempt. pic.twitter.com/DtWOVFKdoZ
Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) blasted United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle during Monday's House Oversight Committee hearing over the agency's failures resulting in the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024. The South Carolina Republican opened her questioning by asking Cheatle if she would like her to use the five minutes of questioning to draft the USSS director's resignation letter.
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Representative Anna Paulina Luna is convinced that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, did not act alone. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Rep. Luna stated: “After leaving oversight briefing this am I am convinced now more than ever that Crooks was not working alone.”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has gained access to Crook’s phone, recovered at the scene of the shooting. Still, they are having difficulties accessing encrypted foreign platforms used by him.
Authorities found a second phone at Crooks’ home, along with firearms and explosive devices.
Whistleblowers have previously testified that the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) was understaffed during the Trump rally in Butler, PA, where the attempted assassination took place. Additionally, whistleblowers say that most of Trump’s security detail was not comprised of USSS agents but relatively inexperienced Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents.
USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle has claimed that agents were not positioned on the building Crooks scaled to fire on Trump due to its “sloped roof,” creating safety concerns. However, local law enforcement present at the rally countered the USSS director, noting that they had informed the chain of command of Crooks and his suspicious activity nearly half an hour before the shooting took place.
After leaving oversight briefing this am I am convinced now more than ever that crooks was not working alone.
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) July 22, 2024
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Representative Anna Paulina Luna is convinced that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, did not act alone. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Rep. Luna stated: "After leaving oversight briefing this am I am convinced now more than ever that Crooks was not working alone."
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Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan—real name Terry Gene Bollea—fired up delegates and attendees at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last night. The ‘Hulkster’ began his address in character with his trademark exaggerated speech and overacting, recalling the days of classic professional wrestling bouts with the likes of the Iron Sheik, Rody Piper, Ric Flair, and Andre the Giant.
“Let Trumpamania run wild, brother!” Hogan exclaimed while engaging in his signature muscle flex on stage. He continued: “Let Trumpamania rule again! Let Trumpamania make America great again!” While in character, Hogan then engaged in his classic move of ripping off his shirt, this time revealing a Trump–Vance 2024 shirt underneath to raucous cheers from the crowd.
Hogan also spoke to the RNC as the real-life Bollea as well. Out of character, Hogan praised former President Donald J. Trump‘s courage. “As an entertainer, I try to stay out of politics,” he said. “But after everything that’s happened to our country over the past four years and everything that happened last weekend, I can no longer stay silent.”
Throughout the speech, former President Trump could be seen with a beaming smile and often laughing at Hogan’s signature over-the-top performance.
During an interview prior to his speech, Hogan said he couldn’t stand by after the assassination attempt against Trump—stating he felt the need to speak up as an American. “When I saw him stand up with that fist in the air and the blood on his face — as a warrior, as a leader — I realized that’s what America needs,” Hogan said.
The Biden-Harris campaign shared a clip of the entertainer saying, “What you gonna do when Donald Trump and all the Trumpamaniacs run wild on you, brother!?” — appearing to suggest this was a threat of political violence.
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Full Hulk Hogan speech at the RNC where he ripped his shirt to endorse Donald Trump. Watch until the end to see an emotional Trump after a rousing speech: “My name is Terry Bollea, as an entertainer, I tried to stay out of politics, but after everything that’s happened to our… pic.twitter.com/0qJFP2XmWB
Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan—real name Terry Gene Bollea—fired up delegates and attendees at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last night. The 'Hulkster' began his address in character with his trademark exaggerated speech and overacting, recalling the days of classic professional wrestling bouts with the likes of the Iron Sheik, Rody Piper, Ric Flair, and Andre the Giant.
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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived an assassination attempt in May, has drawn comparisons between his experience and the recent attack on former President Donald J. Trump. The Slovak populist believes the media and political left stoking hatred fueled both incidents.
Fico criticized Slovak media outlets, referring to them as “adversary media,” “anti-Slovak press,” and “[George] Soros’s herd of pigs,” for inspiring his shooting.
“If Donald Trump’s attacker had spoken Slovak, after reading [Slovak newspapers], it would have been enough to incite him to ‘set things right’ with the former U.S. president,” Fico wrote.
Fico predicted Trump‘s enemies will now begin pushing a discourse “about the necessity of reconciliation, pacification, and forgiveness,” echoing the media rhetoric following his own assassination attempt.
Liberal media, celebrities, and others in the United States and the wider West have demonized President Trump for years.
BBC presenter David Aaronovitch recently called on President Joe Biden to “hurry up and have Trump murdered on the basis that he is a threat to America’s society” in a supposedly satirical post responding to a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
Many media publications have directly compared Trump to Adolf Hitler, including the New Republic, TheWashington Post, and Germany’s Stern magazine.
Nigel Farage has also blamed the media for feeding into hysteria regarding Trump, saying, “It’s so unpleasant, that I think it almost encourages this type of behavior.”
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived an assassination attempt in May, has drawn comparisons between his experience and the recent attack on former President Donald J. Trump. The Slovak populist believes the media and political left stoking hatred fueled both incidents.
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New data suggests a shocking number of Democrats have bought into the conspiracy theory that former President Donald J. Trump staged the July 13 assassination attempt against him. This conspiracy has been boosted by major left-wing media figures like MSNBC‘s Joy Reid.
According to the survey conducted by Morning Consult, one-third of Democrat respondents said they believe the assassination attempt was faked—despite incontrovertible evidence. BlueAnon, a play on the QAnon conspiracy theory from several years ago, has seen a concerning number of Democrats buy into conspiracies that Trump uses a body double, among other unfounded allegations.
While the QAnon conspiracy theorists were relatively few in number, it appears news networks like MSNBC have amplified BlueAnon conspiracies, leading to a large number of Democrats believing the assassination attempt was stated.
The National Pulse reported that MSNBC host Joy Reid has emerged as a leading figure encouraging the conspiracy theory. In a post video posted to social media, Reid claims to be ‘just asking questions’ as she posits that a bullet did not strike Trump and suggests that doctors and public officials are concealing the facts about his injuries.
Meanwhile, MSNBC was forced to pull its Monday episode of Morning Joe over concerns that hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski—along with their cavalcade of far-left guests—could engage in an unhinged reaction to the shooting. According to reports, the “decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole.”
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New data suggests a shocking number of Democrats have bought into the conspiracy theory that former President Donald J. Trump staged the July 13 assassination attempt against him. This conspiracy has been boosted by major left-wing media figures like MSNBC's Joy Reid.
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Government whistleblowers have informed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) that former President Donald J. Trump‘s security detail at his July 13 rally, where a would-be assassin made an attempt on his life, was mostly comprised of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel and not United States Secret Service (USSS). In the days following the attempted assassination, the USSS has attempted to blame local police for the lapse in security.
“[W]histleblower allegations suggest the majority of DHS officials were not, in fact, USSS agents but instead drawn from the department’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),” the Missouri Senator wrote in a letter Friday to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Sen. Hawley continued: “This is especially concerning given that HSI agents were unfamiliar with standard protocols typically used at these types of events, according to the allegations.”
The National Pulse reported earlier this week that local and state law enforcement in Pennsylvania have slammed USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle‘s narrative that the security lapses were the fault of local police. In fact, the Butler, Pennsylvania, police department claims that the USSS relegated them to directing traffic, and they had no direct role in securing areas outside the USSS security perimeter.
On Wednesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced he had issued a subpoena for Cheatle to testify before his committee after he learned that DHS officials had directed her not to speak with the committee.
The revelations that most of the security detail was comprised of HSI staff is especially concerning given the admission by federal officials that they have been aware for some time of an Iranian-backed plot to assassinate former President Trump as a reprisal for the 2020 drone strike that killed Iranian military leader and terrorist Qasem Soleimani.
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🚨🚨 Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel 👇 pic.twitter.com/eo4jNmJWFT
Government whistleblowers have informed U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) that former President Donald J. Trump's security detail at his July 13 rally, where a would-be assassin made an attempt on his life, was mostly comprised of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel and not United States Secret Service (USSS). In the days following the attempted assassination, the USSS has attempted to blame local police for the lapse in security.
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Joy Reid, a far-left mainstay at MSNBC, has emerged as one of the leading BlueAnon conspiracy theorists regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. In a video posted on social media, Reid—under the auspices of ‘just asking questions’—posits Trump may have been struck by glass and not a bullet.
The far-left political commentator has long been seen as a liability for MSNBC, given her penchant for racially charged language and spreading false information. However, Reid‘s newest rant may be a bridge too far, even for the Democrat-aligned news network.
“We still don’t know for sure whether Donald Trump was hit by a bullet, whether he was hit by glass fragments, whether he was hit by shrapnel—we don’t have those details,” Reid states in her video, going on to falsely claim that the public has no details from Trump’s attending physician at the Butler, Pennsylvania area hospital where he was treated.
“We know almost nothing,” the MSNBC host states before plunging deeper into her bizarre conspiracy theory: “Why don’t we know that much? We know that three people were shot, and one person was unfortunately killed at the rally. We don’t know where they were sitting or standing relative to him.”
Reid continues to spin her conspiracy theory, making unfounded claims about why Trump was held in place on the stage—ignoring Secret Service protocol that requires the evacuation route be secured prior to moving a protectee. She even acknowledges that Trump was only “allowed” to stand after his security detail determined the shooter was down.
“What is the actual injury to Donald Trump‘s ear that’s under that bandage,” she asks, implying the former president may be covering something up. In an effort to further cast doubt on what millions of Americans have now seen with their own eyes, Reid declares: “It’s weird, there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of curiosity about it… it’s just a strange thing that I’ve noticed.”
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MSNBC’s Joy Reid suggests Trump might not have been hit by a bullet at all, hints that the entire attack might be staged: pic.twitter.com/w1IVFlNov6
Joy Reid, a far-left mainstay at MSNBC, has emerged as one of the leading BlueAnon conspiracy theorists regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. In a video posted on social media, Reid—under the auspices of 'just asking questions'—posits Trump may have been struck by glass and not a bullet.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), has revealed that whistleblowers are saying the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) was understaffed during the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump in Pennsylvania, due to commitments to the NATO summit that was ongoing at the same time.
“Americans deserve answers,” Jordan wrote on X, releasing a letter he sent to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray calling for answers regarding the failings that nearly led to the assassination of President Trump by Thomas Matthew Crooks on July 13.
Jordan poses 12 questions to Wray, including how many personnel the FBI has dedicated to the investigation into the failure, and why it took authorities so long to identify Crooks as a threat.
Some law enforcement officials say Crooks was identified as suspicious nearly half an hour before the shooting.
The FBI recently announced they had cracked Crooks’s cell phone and discovered another phone in his home. Jordan questions the FBI about what material was found on the devices and whether the FBI investigation is limited to the motivation of Crooks or if it encompasses the security failures as well.
Alongside the dozen questions, Jordan demanded the FBI hand over documentation including all communication between the USSS and the FBI regarding the Butler, PA rally.
Much of the criticism has been laid at the feet of USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle, who claimed that no one was posted on the roof from which Crooks opened fire because its slightly sloped roof made it unsafe.
“The buck stops with me,” Cheatle has claimed, though she is refusing to resign.
On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson told the media that he has contacted the White House and encouraged Joe Biden to fire Cheatle.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), has revealed that whistleblowers are saying the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) was understaffed during the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump in Pennsylvania, due to commitments to the NATO summit that was ongoing at the same time.
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